Did you know? There are approximately 60,000 farms and ranches with beef cattle across Canada. The average beef cow herd size in Canada is 69. There are a lot of small cattle farms with 39% of the farms having less than 47 cows. In 2016, Canada produced 3 billion pounds of beef, up 9.6% from 2015. Canadians eat 40.12 pounds (18.2 kg) of beef per person annually. Canada is the 12th largest beef exporting country in the world. Beef production contributed $16 billion to Canada’s economy (2012-2016 average).